The hydrogen solution?
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 27 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0891-0A new star has exploded back onto the climate scene: hydrogen. It offers possibilities to move...
Resilience in the developing world benefits everyone
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 27 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0888-8We need a modern-day Marshall Plan to build climate resilience in the developing world. It is...
Fuelling transport
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 27 August 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00912-8In this interconnected world, many of us would regularly jump on a plane, or train, for...
Water efficiency achievable throughout U.S. without decrease in economic activity
Researchers have looked at how much water conservation can readily and affordably be achieved in each region and industry by looking at what conservation...
Meteorite strikes may create unexpected form of silica
New research examining the crystal structure of the silica mineral quartz under shock compression is challenging longstanding assumptions about this ubiquitous material.
Native desert bighorn sheep in ecologically intact areas are less vulnerable to climate change
In the American Southwest, native desert bighorn sheep populations found in landscapes with minimal human disturbance, including several national parks, are less likely to...
Mount Everest summit success rates double, death rate stays the same over last 30...
A new study finds that the success rate of summiting Mount Everest has doubled in the last three decades, even though the number of...
How cold was the ice age? Researchers now know
Scientists have nailed down the temperature of the last ice age -- the Last Glacial Maximum of 20,000 years ago - to about 46...
A protein with an unprecedented fold helps bacteria uptake thiosulfate as a sulfur source
L-cysteine is an important amino acid for our proteins and also widely used in food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Its synthesis therefore has key...
Antarctic ice shelves vulnerable to sudden meltwater-driven fracturing, says study
A new study says that many of the ice shelves ringing Antarctica could be vulnerable to quick destruction if rising temperatures drive melt water...
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